St. James Resident Arrested For Disposing of Woman's Body In Manorville

Suffolk County Police have arrested a St. James man for disposing of a woman’s body in the woods at Manorville Hills County Park sometime between February 27 and February 28, 2012. Homicide Squad detectives charged Matthew Kraus, 34, St. James, under the New York State Public Health Law for dumping the body of Pura Simancas, 45, Central Islip, in the woods after the two had injected heroin and taken Xanax. Kraus was arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip today.  The investigation is continuing.